Definition for Mire:

• To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.

Synonyms for Mire:

• n.

  •
  • muddy.
  •crisis (noun)
  • dilemma.
  •dirt (noun)
  • gunk,
  • Feculence.
  •filth (noun)
  • ordure.
  •hell (noun)
  • hades,
  • holocaust,
  • furnace,
  • gehenna,
  • abyss,
  • oven,
  • inferno,
  • horror,
  • styx,
  • morass,
  • bedlam,
  • purgatory,
  • limbo.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • stoppage,
  • barrier,
  • congestion,
  • blockade,
  • impedance,
  • inhibition,
  • frustration,
  • encumbrance,
  • blockage,
  • opposition,
  • bafflement,
  • impasse,
  • entrapment,
  • constipation,
  • obstacle,
  • disadvantage,
  • resistance,
  • impediment,
  • hurdle,
  • interruption,
  • complication,
  • obstruction,
  • constraint,
  • restraint,
  • entanglement,
  • drawback,
  • hindrance,
  • restriction,
  • damper,
  • deterrent.
  •marsh (noun)
  • glade,
  • bottoms,
  • fen,
  • marsh.
  •mire (noun)
  • muck up,
  • get stuck,
  • muck.
  •muck, morass (noun)
  • GLOP,
  • goo,
  • moss.

• v.

  •delay, catch up in (verb)
  • ensnare,
  • entrap,
  • decelerate,
  • enmesh,
  • bog down,
  • tangle,
  • sink,
  • flounder,
  • set back,
  • stick,
  • cling,
  • trap,
  • snare.
  •hinder (verb)
  • constrain,
  • choke,
  • deter,
  • resist,
  • handicap,
  • complicate,
  • obstruct,
  • hinder,
  • crimp,
  • impair,
  • check,
  • restrict,
  • dam,
  • counter,
  • burden,
  • cramp,
  • frustrate,
  • curb,
  • cripple,
  • bottleneck,
  • foul,
  • hamstring,
  • bung,
  • interrupt,
  • stay,
  • paralyze,
  • snarl,
  • stop,
  • clog,
  • thwart,
  • catch,
  • impede,
  • restrain,
  • baffle,
  • hamper,
  • delay,
  • drag,
  • snag,
  • constipate,
  • bar,
  • block,
  • inhibit,
  • brake,
  • fetter,
  • oppose,
  • jam,
  • congest,
  • plug.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • wetland,
  • vlei,
  • fenland,
  • salt marsh.
  •
  • sludge.
  •embrangle
  • catch up.
  •embroil
  • embrangle,
  • encumber.
  •Other relevant words:
  • flub,
  • smoke,
  • garbage,
  • run aground,
  • bottomland,
  • sully,
  • fluid,
  • squash,
  • gumbo,
  • smear,
  • moorland,
  • slurry,
  • GAUM,
  • botch,
  • convolute,
  • fluff,
  • get stranded,
  • soot,
  • Marish,
  • entail,
  • grunge,
  • turbid,
  • pickle,
  • drain,
  • Sweepings,
  • cloaca maxima,
  • slack,
  • goop,
  • cesspool,
  • stigmatize,
  • mishandle,
  • junk,
  • silt,
  • slur,
  • moor,
  • Distain,
  • slobber,
  • rattrap,
  • mat,
  • contain,
  • swill,
  • falloff,
  • addle,
  • ball up,
  • bollix up,
  • bumble,
  • foul-up,
  • boggy,
  • rubbish,
  • post,
  • slab,
  • mere,
  • besmirch,
  • stodge,
  • sewer,
  • lees,
  • drilling mud,
  • envelop,
  • become involved,
  • slosh,
  • miry,
  • adhere,
  • predicament,
  • embrace,
  • alluvium,
  • Leavings,
  • mucky,
  • dregs,
  • meadow,
  • bollix,
  • cohere,
  • defame,
  • louse up,
  • murky,
  • unsuitable,
  • Gombo,
  • residue,
  • slop,
  • slouch,
  • Slubber,
  • dust,
  • wash,
  • Besmoke,
  • tread under foot,
  • screw up,
  • jackpot,
  • grind to a halt,
  • spoil,
  • dross,
  • bottom,
  • blow,
  • slip,
  • fumble,
  • slacken,
  • welter,
  • slabber,
  • inappropriate,
  • stall,
  • gunge,
  • smudge,
  • bungle,
  • wallow,
  • inapplicable,
  • slackness,
  • improper,
  • irrelevant,
  • embarrass,
  • botch up,
  • chaos,
  • slob,
  • reprehend,
  • sediment,
  • garbage dump,
  • bobble,
  • sink in,
  • vilify,
  • bollocks,
  • septic tank,
  • sloughy,
  • catch-22,
  • trash,
  • scum,
  • trample under foot,
  • refuse,
  • brand,
  • offal,
  • sewage,
  • cloaca,
  • cleave,
  • marais,
  • taiga,
  • befoul,
  • precipitate,
  • affect,
  • dingy,
  • guck,
  • fix,
  • dump,
  • bemud,
  • defile,
  • mess,
  • cloudy,
  • Orts,
  • clay,
  • comprise,
  • corner,
  • swampy,
  • waste,
  • sough,
  • blacken,
  • slap,
  • tarnish,
  • boggy ground,
  • scrap,
  • Everglade,
  • splosh,
  • bilge,
  • confuse,
  • manure,
  • show up,
  • pigwash,
  • muddle,
  • mess-up,
  • marshy,
  • pollution,
  • muddied,
  • excrement.

Paraphrases for Mire:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bog, mud.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    quagmire.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    peatland, fen.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    swamp, morass, sludge, slurry, mess.

Antonyms for Mire:

• v.

  • delay, catch up in
    free, liberate, untangle, uncomplicate, exclude, clean, release, remove, untwist, let go.

Homophones for Mire:

• memoir, menorah, menorrhea, Myer, myre, manor, marri, murre, mayer, mummery, moore, moon-ray, marry, meir, mr, moaner, mummer, mimir, manure, mary, menurae, moirae, mayor, mohair, muir, myanmar, mri, murrow, monera, Moro, monroe, memory, miri, minor, man hour, Meier, mar, murray, merry, maar, manner, monario, moray, miry, Mary Ii, mara, maimer, munro, maria, menhir, myrrh, marrow, mere, menura, morrow, moor, moirai, monomer, mirror, miner, Meyer, mari, mainer, maori, mwera, mare, MIER, miro, more, mammary, meniere, Mr., moire, Mary I, moneyer, mimer, mower, mohria, moon ray.

Hyponym for Mire:

• n.

  • object
    bog, peat bog.
  • state
    difficulty.
  • substance
    clay, mud.